Security

Microsoft’s Security Copilot Gives a New AI-Powered Chat Tool to Cybersecurity Pros

Microsoft Security Copilot is a new AI-based chat tool for cybersecurity professionals. Just like Microsoft’s…

Brave Brings VPN to its Desktop Web Browser

Brave announced today that the Guardian-powered Firewall + VPN is now available on its desktop…

GitHub to Start Rolling Out 2FA Requirement

GitHub will soon require all developers who contribute code on the platform to enable two-factor…

European Commission is Banning TikTok on Work Devices

The European Commission has asked all of its employees to uninstall TikTok from all work…

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LastGasp (Premium)

LastPass used to be easy to recommend, and even the occasional security breach was understandable…

Apple Announces End-to-End Encryption For iCloud Backups and Photos

With the upcoming Advanced Data Protection feature for iCloud, Apple will offer end-to-end encryption for…

Microsoft Brings Certificate-Based Authentication for AAD to Mobile

In yet another step towards our passwordless futures, Microsoft this past week unveiled a public…

Study: Teams and Slack are Platforms, Need App Store-Like Controls

A new study claims that Microsoft Teams and Slack are basically operating systems, and yet…

Microsoft Sees No Need to Fix New Teams Vulnerability

Security researchers from Vectra Protect identified a major new vulnerability in Microsoft Teams, but Microsoft…

Yes, Microsoft Will Still Block VBA Macros by Default

After a strange bit of back-and-forth, Microsoft announced that it will resume blocking VBA macros…

Apple Details New Lockdown Mode Coming to iOS 16 and macOS Ventura

Apple has detailed today a new Lockdown Mode that will come to iOS 16, iPadOS…

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Passwordless (Premium)

Apple, Google, and Microsoft recently announced that they would all support a common passwordless sign-in…

Apple, Google, and Microsoft to Work Together on Passwordless Logins

Apple, Google, and Microsoft announced will be expanding support for the passwordless sign-in standard created…

GitHub to Require 2FA by the End of 2023

Microsoft announced today that GitHub will require all contributors to enroll in two-factor authentication (2FA)…

Windows 11 PC

Microsoft Gets Ready to Disable SMB1 Protocol on Windows 11

Microsoft has now disabled the SMB1 protocol by default on the latest Windows 11 Home…

New Windows 11 Security Feature Will Require a PC Reset

I didn’t pay enough attention to the security announcements that came out of this week’s…

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